# Minnesota Senate, District 8

Minnesota Senate District 8 includes the city of Duluth in St. Louis County. It is currently represented by Jen McEwen of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.

## List of senators

| Session | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Home | Location |
| 1st | Charles H. Lindsley | Rep | December 2, 1857 | December 6, 1859 | Rochester | Olmstead |
| 1st | Emerson Hodges | Non | December 2, 1857 | January 7, 1861 | Eyota | Olmstead |
| 2nd | Emerson Hodges | Non | December 2, 1857 | January 7, 1861 | Marion | Olmstead |
| 3rd | Michael Cook | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 5, 1863 | Faribault | Rice |
| 4th | Michael Cook | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 5, 1863 | Faribault | Rice |
| 5th | John McDonogh Berry | Non | January 6, 1863 | January 2, 1865 | Faribault | Rice |
| 6th | John McDonogh Berry | Non | January 6, 1863 | January 2, 1865 | Faribault | Rice |
| 7th | Levi Nutting | Non | January 3, 1865 | January 1866 | Faribault | Rice |
| 8th | Gordon E. Cole | Rep | January 1866 | January 7, 1867 | Faribault | Rice |
| 9th | Oscar F. Perkins | Rep | January 8, 1867 | January 4, 1869 | Faribault | Rice |
| 10th | Oscar F. Perkins | Rep | January 8, 1867 | January 4, 1869 | Faribault | Rice |
| 11th | George Washington Batchelder | Rep | January 5, 1869 | January 2, 1871 | Faribault | Rice |
| 12th | George Washington Batchelder | Rep | January 5, 1869 | January 2, 1871 | Faribault | Rice |
| 13th | John Higley Case | Non | January 3, 1871 | January 1, 1872 | Faribault | Rice |
| 14th | William H. Stevens | Rep | January 2, 1872 | January 5, 1874 | Winona | Winona |
| 15th | William H. Stevens | Rep | January 2, 1872 | January 5, 1874 | Winona | Winona |
| 16th | Charles Henry Berry | Non | January 6, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Winona | Winona |
| 17th | Charles Henry Berry | Non | January 6, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Winona | Winona |
| 18th | William Hall Yale | Rep | January 4, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Winona | Winona |
| 19th | William Hall Yale | Rep | January 4, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Winona | Winona |
| 20th | W.S. Drew | Dem | January 8, 1878 | January 6, 1879 | Winona | Winona |
| 21st | Cornelius F. Buck | Dem | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | Winona | Olmsted Wabasha Winona |
| 22nd | Cornelius F. Buck | Dem | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | Winona | Olmsted Wabasha Winona |
| 23rd | George Knudson | Non | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | St. James | Cottonwood Watonwan |
| 24th | George Knudson | Non | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | St. James | Cottonwood Watonwan |
| 25th | John Clark | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 5, 1891 | Windom | Cottonwood Watonwan |
| 26th | John Clark | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 5, 1891 | Windom | Cottonwood Watonwan |
| 27th | Eric Sevatson | Alliance | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Windom | Cottonwood Jackson |
| 28th | Eric Sevatson | Alliance | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Christiana | Cottonwood Jackson |
| 29th | Eric Sevatson | Populist | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Christiana | Cottonwood Jackson |
| 30th | Eric Sevatson | Populist | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Christiana | Cottonwood Jackson |
| 31st | William Gausewitz | Dem | January 3, 1899 | January 5, 1903 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 32nd | William Gausewitz | Dem | January 3, 1899 | January 5, 1903 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 33rd | George W. Peachy | Rep | January 6, 1903 | January 7, 1907 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 34th | George W. Peachy | Rep | January 6, 1903 | January 7, 1907 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 35th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 36th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 37th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 38th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
| 39th | John Wesley Andrews | Con | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 40th | John Wesley Andrews | Con | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 41st | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 42nd | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 43rd | W.A. Just | Dem | January 2, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | Rapidan | Blue Earth |
| 44th | W.A. Just | Dem | January 2, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | Rapidan | Blue Earth |
| 45th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 46th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 47th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 48th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 49th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 50th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 51st | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 52nd | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 53rd | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 54th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 55th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 56th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 57th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 58th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 59th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 60th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 61st | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 62nd | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| 63rd | Harold S. Nelson | Con | January 8, 1963 | January 2, 1967 | Owatanna | Steele Waseca |
| 64th | Harold S. Nelson | Con | January 8, 1963 | January 2, 1967 | Owatanna | Steele Waseca |
| 65th | Robert J. Brown | Con | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Stillwater | Washington |
| 66th | Robert J. Brown | Con | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Stillwater | Washington |
| 67th | Robert J. Brown | Con | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Stillwater | Washington |
| 68th | Ralph Doty | DFL | January 2, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 69th | Ralph Doty | DFL | January 2, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 70th | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 71st | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 72nd | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 73rd | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 74th | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 74th | Vacant | | January 9, 1985 | February 11, 1985 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 75th | Jim Gustafson | Ind. Rep | February 11, 1985 | May 20, 1992 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 76th | Jim Gustafson | Ind. Rep | February 11, 1985 | May 20, 1992 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 77th | Jim Gustafson | Ind. Rep | February 11, 1985 | May 20, 1992 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 77th | Vacant | | May 20, 1992 | January 5, 1993 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
| 78th | Florian Chmielewski | DFL | January 5, 1993 | January 6, 1997 | Sturgeon Lake | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
| 79th | Florian Chmielewski | DFL | January 5, 1993 | January 6, 1997 | Sturgeon Lake | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
| 80th | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
| 81st | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
| 82nd | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
| 83rd | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
| 84th | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
| 85th | Tony Lourey | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 7, 2013 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
| 86th | Tony Lourey | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 7, 2013 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
| 87th | Tony Lourey | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 7, 2013 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
| 88th | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | January 8, 2013 | January 5, 2021 | Alexandria | Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd |
| 89th | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | January 8, 2013 | January 5, 2021 | Alexandria | Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd |
| 90th | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | January 8, 2013 | January 5, 2021 | Alexandria | Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd |
| 91st | Jen McEwen | DFL | January 5, 2021 | Incumbent | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 92nd | Jen McEwen | DFL | January 5, 2021 | Incumbent | Duluth | St. Louis |
| 93rd | Jen McEwen | DFL | January 5, 2021 | Incumbent | Duluth | St. Louis |